it's like when you stare at a lightbulb then close your eyes
 

I see this afterimage with my left eye. 2 days now....and it seems like my vision is somewhat distorted right there too. kind of ...bulge ish.

its a blue disc with a dark center about the size of my retina, but slightly lower than center, so it 'runs away' when i try to focus on it.....like a floater. When i close my eyes, it's bright blue/green or yellow. if i try to see it with eyes open, it's purple or maroon.

hope it goes away....it's a little bit annoying.

Give it another day then go to your doctor or an optician.
I only get vision occlusion when I am having or about to have a migraine - having it for more than a day could be a symptom of something more concerning.

From here
Although it made me smile because "floater" means something different to me :)

Does it seem to be fixed in the same place? In other word when you move your eye left, does it move left too? If so it sounds very much like the retinal hemorrhage I had a few years back. Either way I'd see an ophthalmologist ASAP.

Check it out today. If it's a detached retina, you need it taken care of right away.

Yeah, and then add more fiber to your diet.

What glatt said. See an eyedoctor today, before the weekend. Detached retinas can go to full blindness in that eye very, very quickly. My eyedoctor has told me before to call him at home in the middle of the night if I started having visual symptoms like the one you're describing.

Don't be a douchebag, call the doctor today. . . . ...and...then add more fiber to your diet.

cripes. i dont even have an eye doctor.

Just send some pictures of your eyeball to Clodfobble.

Is it like a strange darting blue cloud?

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kinda like this when i close my eye

oh...and im going to get an optirectomy tomorrow at 2

Humor has its place and all that, but have you made a real appointment yet? This is serious.

Come on, Jim. Do the right thing. Make the appt. NOW.

yeah, 2pm ferfecksake.

There's a name for that, as you might expect. It's called a phosphene. Have you been stimulating your visual cortex or retina in some way? You might want to stop it.

Good luck at the doctor.

Yeah....I'd have problems with my visual cortex being overstimulated if I lived with jinx too.

Reowr ;)

so....i'm going to live at least until tuesday. i have a follow up test with a specialist. it's a localized retinal edema. the pics of my eye show a shadow opposite where i see the shape. the dr said it's most likely some fluid under the retina.
could be blood or just fluid. sigh. oh, and i COULD see better with some light prescription glasses if I wanted to.

And Jim Starts falling apart !!!


Just fun'en with ya , I have worn glasses for YEARS !!
I tryed contacts but the Breeze on my eyes was WAY to distracting

http://www.aafp.org/afp/990700ap/99_f1.jpg
that's a normal eye

Be sure to get a copy of your photo so you can add it to my thread!

oh yeah...ill have to call them on monday and get it emailed to me

Is this the point when you wished spexxvet stiill posted regularly? :)

not particularly. he always made me uncomfortable.

Death awaits you.
http://www.local6.com/news/14578641/detail.html

I think spexx is an optometrist anyway (sorry if I'm wrong) which means he works with fitting glasses & related issues, not actual diseases of the eye.

Glad you made it to the dr. It sucks that there is something there, but at least it wasn't something where they had to whisk you off into surgery right away.

hey LJ, you need to sheck out that glasses site that glatt used and post some pics for us :D

you could always wear contacts

what site?

but my vision is fine. could be a smidge better, but i dont need corrective lenses

I wrote about an online glasses place in your thread about shopping online. You can submit a photo of yourself to model the frames on.

but you could get cool ones. Like cat's eyes.....

I bet you could find someone to make them with the cellar logo on them :D

oooh look.....

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/wp-co...tactlenses.jpg

Hello Kitty!
http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/...ycontacts2.jpg

Must...restrain...myself...

Hello Brianna!
http://www.vampire.co.uk/acatalog/fezcateyered.jpg

:lol:

Here you go, jim
http://www.pimpindeals.com/images/314730s.jpeg

You shouldn't. They would be so awesome. And sure shut up all those whining bad sport parents :D

That would be funny as shit if lumberjim towered over his customers, glaring at them with those $$$$ contacts.

central serous chorioretinopathy (cscr)

Excellent!

yeah....the Dr was all 'yeah, seen it a million times, no biggie' about it.



and you can see thru my head right now:

Only if you aim the camera at your ear, lj.

more defined, and shaped a little different lately.

I'm sure that's annoying as hell.

i wouldn't say annoying as yet..... usually i see right past it and don't even notice it. If I close my right eye, it's plainly visible, and there is a mild distortion of detailed, high contrast shapes (like these words I'm typing right now) but with both eyes open, I don't notice it unless I'm actively looking for it. I'm hoping that the change in shape is indicative of the area healing and getting smaller.

ummmmm - you might just be adapting to it
Either way, if it affects you less it's all good news

OMG I get those occasionally. they never last very long, though, a couple of hours tops and are usually when i'm very tired. perhaps i'll take it more seriously next time.

I don't think it's the same thing if it only lasts a couple hours... I had a similar pattern (mine was a retinal hemorrhage) and it was there for days and days before it started to clear.

Mega-obvious disclaimer: I'm not a doctor. Duh. :angel:

But did you play doctor in your youth?